There are already certain laws that prohibit certain content.

But this is not the issue in this case; neither are ISIS propaganda videos.

This here is corporate and state-controlled censorship that has no legal basis at all whatsoever aimed at controlling research. That is MUCH worse than propaganda by others.

> Where do you stand on copyrighted content, on illegal > material (some of which may be legal in some countries > but not others), distasteful or offensive material?

Again - how does your comment relate to censoring research or information that the US government arbitrarily considers "illegal"?

> If you want to share politically sensitive content, > I think it's fair to say that YouTube isn't your friend.

Google runs Youtube. So, Google is not your friend. I agree with this.